On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> A few reason ,
> 1. We are talking about a dial up line , not a full time
> connection.
> 2. We both use icq, as well as other software which works off of different
> ports. if I remember what I read. I would have to enable the ports to allow use
> of these programs. The Second edition (I agree, still waiting on the third ,
> but i will not go to 2000) allows traffic on these ports by defualt.
> 3. My wife's system tends to connect at better speeds than my machine, (She
> gets 28800, i get 26400)
>
> Do you require more??
>
Nope...but I would like to point out that Linux *will* work
just fine sharing a dial-up line. :-) (Oh, as for the
connection difference... I read somewhere that MS has a
tendancy to overstate the actual connect speed, whereas
Linux will give you EXACTLY what the modem says it
connected at...)
John
